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Chapter Twenty-Six: Waterbodies
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Mr. Hansel received a phone call from Idris at midnight while he was filling in some documents for the wellbeing of his people...

" What's the news this time?" Mr. Hansel asked Idris

" We found the creature" he answered

" Was there any damage done again at the laboratory?" Mr. Hansel asked

"There was no struggle, we found her lying half-dead at the storage room" Idris responded

"Have you placed her back into the tank? She needs water to regain herself" Mr. Hansel said to him immediately

" Yes, we did but..." Idris paused for a while

" But what?" Mr. Hansel asked

" I think someone is helping her" Idris responded

" What do you mean by that?" Mr. Hansel asked

" The CCTV camera was turned off few minutes before we found her body, the creature wouldn't have done that judging from her current state " Idris told him

" It must be an insider, a novice in particular " Mr. Hansel said

"Do you think Mr. Charles had a hand on this?" Idris questioned

" Only one way to find out, I want y
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